EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Chapter of the Accord Party has postponed its local government and state congresses to January 10, 2022, and January 15, 2022, respectively, to elect new party officials.
Mr. Dele Oladeji, the party’s Publicity Secretary, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos.
The party had previously scheduled both congresses for December 15 and December 21, respectively.
According to Oladeji, the party’s congresses committee was forced to postpone the congress in order to allow members who wanted to travel during the festive season to do so.
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According to him, the party wishes to provide every member with the opportunity to exercise their democratic rights and participate in the congress.
He stated that all members who may be required to travel for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations should return to Lagos State by early January.
The Chairman of the 13-man Congress Committee, Mr Oluwarotimi Ajibola, had in November said that the decision to hold the congresses at the earlier announced dates was reached at the 6th Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the congress committee at the party’s secretariat in Lagos.
Ajibola, who promised to deliver party congresses devoid of rancor, had stated that election campaigns would end on Dec. 12 for the Local Government congress and Dec. 18 for the state congress.
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